HGS reviews

3.3

54% would recommend to a friend

(5,007 total reviews)
avatar

Venkatesh Korla

69% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

HGS has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 5,007 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The HGS employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

Reviews by job title

5K reviews
2.0
Oct 1, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The middle management were friendly and invested in their subordinates (contractors). Pay was not too bad considering the available benefits.

Cons

Upper management is a mess.

avatar
HGS Response
6y
Thank you for taking the time to offer your feedback. It is always nice to hear from our former and current employees about the experiences they have had with us. We are focused on offering the very best support to our employees and take your feedback seriously; it will help us to improve the HGS experience for all of our employees. Thank you for sharing your talents with HGS USA, and good luck for the future.
1.0
Jul 25, 2019

You are expendable

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The few repetitive things you do learn are useful to take to other jobs. The people that are stuck there with you are cool, you bond over shared negative experiences.

Cons

Favoritism is the name of the game, your actual performance and stats mean nothing if the right people don’t like you. Agents get away with murder so if you are in management, get ready to be stepped all over. Major upper management decisions are made without thought of consequence and without effective communication. It constantly feels like the contracts will be lost and being third party you’ll be left in the wind.

avatar
HGS Response
6y
We are sorry to hear about your HGS experience. We are focused on offering the very best support to our employees. At the same time, we take your feedback seriously and we would like to discuss your views further so that we may be able to address the issues that you raise. Please email me at talk2us@teamhgs.com to further the two-way conversation.
1.0
Dec 7, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Advancement opportunities depending on the account you're on. The customer service agents (AGENTS specifically and only) are like a family.

Cons

Upper management simply does not care about morale, and if they do, they're completely out of touch with what actually makes representatives want to do their job. Reps are never stood behind by the clients or upper management. The measly "incentives" offered are often taxed and taken out of pay checks, or not even applicable to agents who work hard to keep their stats and attendance up. Team Leaders become immediately out of touch once they get off the phones and forget what being an agent is like. There are a very small handful of team leaders that this does not apply to, but they're beat down very quickly by upper management. HGS is a people farm, they aren't interested in hiring quality folks (I mentored someone who was actually illiterate. No exaggerations) so the people who are good at their jobs and stay, are constantly cleaning up the messes of incompetent people who jump ship after a month. Oh! And if you get a holiday off, you're scheduled to work whatever your day off would typically be. No point in getting the holiday at all in my opinion, and no option for people who don't want their days off simply switched around. There was an outbreak of bugs in a sister building across town. In my building they posted up signs stating there was no such infestation, which was a flat out lie. The heating system my building is broken, so our agents cook to death their entire shifts.

avatar
HGS Response
7y
We are sorry to hear that your HGS experience is not the perfect fit for you. We are focused on offering the very best support to our employees. At the same time, we take your feedback seriously and we would like to discuss your views further so that we may be able to address the issues that you raise. Please email me at talk2us@teamhgs.com to further the two-way conversation.
Viewing 58 - 60 of 5,007 Reviews

Glassdoor has 5,268 HGS reviews submitted anonymously by HGS employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if HGS is right for you.